Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
AI agents now do the comparing for shoppers. Canadian retailers who treat product data as a technical afterthought will pay for it in sales they never knew they lost.
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
Tiff Macklem has cut rates twice this year and signalled a third. But Ottawa's borrowing programme, a stubborn loonie, and a housing market that refuses to clear are leaving the central bank with very little ammunition for the recession nobody is yet calling.
Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
From red-eye flights between Mexico City and Toronto to the Voyageurs' singing section at BC Place, a generation of Canadian soccer obsessives is treating 2026 like a once-in-a-lifetime audition for the country.
The Politics Column
Burnham’s supporters are still nervous
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
Behind the uncomplicated joy was an artist who always pushed boundaries
Books
Inside the great deprofessionalisation
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
From Canada
via Global News
Canada
Hantavirus self-isolation complete for 34 Canadians, Health Canada says
An outbreak of Andes hantavirus was declared aboard the MV Hondius in early May, leading to three deaths. More than 120 people were evacuated from the ship and monitored.
U-s-news
Family of woman killed after Tesla crashes into her home sues company, driver
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Global News that it has launched a special investigation into a crash that killed 76-year-old Martha Avila.
Canada
Indigenous group looking to repatriate ‘sacred’ artifacts from Switzerland
A group of First Nations leaders and advocates in Manitoba want help repatriating thousands of Indigenous artifacts from a privately run museum in Switzerland.
Trending
Man who set homeless person on fire in NYC sentenced for ‘horrific’ crime
When pleading guilty, 19-year-old Hiram Carrero admitted to intentionally setting a piece of paper on fire that harmed the victim, who was sleeping when the incident occurred.
Canada
Homes under $500K make up nearly 25% of Ontario real estate market: report
Condos account for much of the recent uptick in affordability, with 46 per cent of that housing segment valued under $500,000 in 2026, up from 24 per cent just four years ago.
U-s-news
13-year-old falls 15 metres after exiting moving Disneyland ride
The unidentified teen exited the log vehicle on the ride before it was over at the theme park in Anaheim, Calif., resort officials said.
Crime
Man accused in Pearson gold heist gets 13 years in U.S. prison for gun running
Entertainment
Bailey Zimmerman breaks silence on New Mexico arrest warrant: ‘I am deeply sorry’
Health
Health Canada approves drug that treats sleep apnea in adults with obesity
World
UN nuclear head says inspections of Iran sites is ‘going to happen’
Politics
Doug Ford pushes back on negative polling as some conservatives begin ‘contingency planning’
Canada
Ottawa to name key Arctic road projects as in national interest: sources
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British Politics
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International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
The Weekend Essay
“How the World Declared War on America”
Maternity scandals
Ockenden report reveals devastating maternity failures
The Sketch
Andy Burnham does a Lenin
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music